Kathleen Roney of Becker Hospital Review reports, “Many hospitals and healthcare systems know the value that technology can provide for patient safety, clinical quality and overall decision making. But, they face enormous challenges when it comes to accessing and organizing information so it is available when they need it. Too often, hospitals are blocked by silo’d data reporting, lackluster HIT infrastructure and inadequate tools… For those hospitals and health systems that need help beginning the research and analysis phase, here are eight HIT infrastructure tools and software services to consider.” Read more

Certify Data Systems has announced the availability of HealthLogix, a Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform. The platform “is the first HIE solution to deliver on the promise of an aggregated patient view from all healthcare encounters across the community no matter what native EMR/EHR system is in use. Without this capability, healthcare organizations and providers participating in a Medical Home or an Accountable Care initiative will continue to struggle with incomplete clinical data to care for their patients.” Read more